Fragmented Illinois news items from many topics
A wide mix of short notices and snippets from Illinois papers covers murder charges against five men in Macoupin county, ghostly neighborly legends near a cemetery, railroad and canal discussions, dog population counts, bank closures, real estate sales, and university lectures on agricultural studies amid wartime strains.
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Jerpull
V Yachts Ag
Ee Ee
Iatroon
Agconnixe
Singamon County
Jose
Ulineis State Temperance Allivy Hag Chaniel
Temperance
Wate
Springfield
Wataah
Peutta
Chicago
Moss River
la Salle
Peru
Arsrmer
Bloomington
Idiana
Lim
Indiana
Hasnepe & Hanns
Hillsboro
Wy AY Young
Litchfield
William Brewer
Lalshoro
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Air- Lue Railroad Company
Springfidd
Rom Kant St
Mirwar
Peoria
Pekin
College of Agriculture
Th Titois Industrial University
Champioi
Morrow
Prentice
Burrell
Growth of State Institutions and Elevating Charity Work
The article details total expenditures of 655,861 with allocations for attendance 257,395 food 177,675 clothing and bedding 42,657 and fuel 61,418. It notes a rise in institutions and electenynary work, lists per capita costs from 1876 to 1881, and cites impact of the Eastern Insane Hospital at Kankakee on overall spending with nine other institutions averaging $203.36 to $217.28 per person, a 1.54 percent decline.
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Isit
Northern Insane Hospital
Easton
Southern Insane Hoople
Astern Insane Hospital
Kankakee
Mormon Faces in Salt Lake Tribune Portraits of Belief and Bias
The Salt Lake Tribune portrays three face types signifying stubbornness superstition and ignorance in a critique of Mormon society. It describes the stubborn, the superstitious, and the ignorant with vivid physical and moral caricatures, culminating in a harsh depiction of leaders like Cannon as hypocritical. The piece targets congregants tithe-prayer participants and their purported exploitation.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake
Central
Africa
Cannon
Who Sets the Fashions
An analysis of fashion as a chain from designers to tailors and merchants, noting the public’s desires drive color and ornamentation. The piece explains that while fabric bodies change slowly, form and design shift rapidly as collective tastes create an epidemic of trends.
Snow Shoe Rabbits and Mountain Weasels Noted
A curious article notes tameness of rabbits including a snow shoe rabbit species with large spread feet. It also describes the agile Rocky Mountain weasel and various wildlife like gray and black squirrels foxes and other snow animals. It adds Tennessee population growth since 1865 and Memphis Nashville jumps, plus US glycerine production.
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Burt Collins
Tennessee
Memphis
Nashville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
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F. W. Hance
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Richard Lawvex
John B. Taylor
Phil. Knight
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Illinois
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Tobacco & Cigars
Boyera Om Usgrad Cigers
Krohn Own
Republican Printing House
Thija
Sale Billa
Smith D. A‘teins
Ty Johan O. West & CO
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W. H. Taggart
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Uasof
Nutte Onide Gas, Sr
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Knowlton Brothers’ Bank
Butchers’ Monument
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Taylor & Son
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Philip Geib
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J. R. Wagner
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Collecthona
Massenberg
Stephenson St
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